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A Guide to the Raymond L. Murray Raleigh Research Reactor Project Notebook Documents

Descriptive Summary

Documents from Dr. Raymond L. Murray's Reactor Notebook relating to the establishment and building of the first non-Atomic Energy Commission nuclear reactor

Inclusive date: 1950-1953

Extent: 94 items

Repository:
North Carolina State University
NCSU Libraries
Special Collections Research Center.
Raleigh, NC 27695
USA

Scope and Content

This digital collection consists of ca. 94 items, 1950-1953, chiefly letters and research of Raymond L. Murray and A. C. Menius, Jr. relating to the establishment and building of the first nuclear reactor at North Carolina State College.

Encoding Note:Collection consists on mostly typescripted items. Instances of handwriting have been rendered in italics

Encoding Note:Mathematical formulas that appear in these documents were created as jpeg images using WebEQ.

April 18, 1951Memo Rate of Power Rise with Control Rod Removal from R. L. Murray and A. C. Menius [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 55 KB, including 7 imagesGraph of power as a function of rod position and calculation of maximum rate

June 6, 1951NCSC-20 Reactor Size and Mass from R. L. Murray [XML] [HTML]Extent: 2 pp. 112 KB, including 14 imagesNotes that core size need not be increased because of insensitivity of critical mass to water content near minimum

July 31, 1951NCSC-28 Graphite and Lead Requirements from A. C. Menius and R. L. Murray [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 22 KB, including 1 imageSizes and weights of graphite blocks for reflector and thermal column as information to AEC; note weights of lead for shielding

October 17, 1951Location of Area Monitors from A. W. Waltner [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 18 KB, including 1 imageInformation from Brookhaven on suitable heights and distances from reactor

October 17, 1951Stack Monitoring from A. W. Waltner [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 29 KB, including 2 imagesInformation from Brookhaven on equipment used to circulate, hold, and monitor gases from reactors

October 17, 1951Ionization Chambers for Area Monitoring from A. W. Waltner [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 17 KB, including 1 imageInformation from Brookhaven on instruments used

October 24, 1951NCSC-36 Special Holding System for Gases from R. L. Murray and A. C. Menius [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 30 KB, including 2 imagesReport on relation of dimensions and numbers of tanks to attenuate xenon-133 to safe level

February 15, 1952NCSC-49 memo from N. Underwood [XML] [HTML]Extent: 3 pp. 65 KB, including 3 imagesReport on discussion with people at Oak Ridge Y-12 and X-10 on various topics. A total of 17 conclusions and recommendations

September 10, 1952Boron-10 Ionization Chambers from N. Underwood [XML] [HTML]Extent: 1 p. 24 KB, including 1 imageIn view of difficulty in local construction of B-10 chambers, recommends purchase from a company

January 7, 1954From Carey Bostian to Deans, Directors of Research, Department Heads [XML] [HTML]Extent: 2 pp. 35 KB, including 2 imagesRenaming of College Radioisotope Committee to College Committee on Safety and Health for the Nuclear Reactor and Radioisotopes

1954Memorandum of Responsibilities, Procedures and Regulations Governing Use of Radioactivity on the Campus from no author [XML] [HTML]Extent: 4 pp. 81 KB, including 4 imagesIntroduction, responsibilities, general regulations and criteria, consideration of responsibility